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Hello,My Doctor put me on Topomax for epilepsy back in April/May 2012. After all the nasty side affects I was experiencing (confusion, speech problems, weight loss, loss of appetite, dizziness and ringing in my ears, anxiety, and possibly a few more) My husband and I decided to start weaning me off of the drug. I was no longer myself at all. I've been weaning off of it for a while now because I was at such a high doze (600mlg a day, 300 in the morning and 300 at night) After several weeks of the weaning I started having pain in my chest, tightness and some shortness of breath. It went away after a few days. It seemed as though my body was adapting to the lower doze of the medication. Perhaps it was going through some withdraws. I did see that chest tightness was a symptom of tomopax, so I was not to concerned. Now a few weeks later the pain has been a dull ache almost all day for the past few days. Tonight my throat started to hurt. Not a sore throat, but the muscles in my esophagus. I've been catching myself taking deep breaths. The pain comes and goes in my chest, and it seems that turning my neck increases the pain. I just wanna feel normal again... Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going on? I'm very close to being off Topomax, trying to decide also if I should wait a little longer to wean off totally or if I should wean off to 50mlg. I've been down to 100 for the past 2 weeks.View Thread

From my knowledge and understanding seizures are triggered more commonly when you are under great stress. Whether that be emotional stress or physical stress (illness included). I know for myself that that was the case, in high school during finals I was having seizures, right after my boyfriend broke up with me I was having seizures, all due to the emotional stress. And I know for a fact that I've also had seizures in the past while my body was under the weather. It seems odd that just a little cold can bring down our defenses and stress the body out, but it can. Perhaps try to take a relaxing bath with some soft music to relax your body.And make sure to get plenty of rest, not only important to fight off the cold, but also our bodies should be getting 8-10 hours of sleep (on a consistent schedule) I hope you feel better soon!!View Thread

I agree with dancer86442. Check out some other alternatives, such as diet. My husband, fiance at the time came across dogtorj.com We decided to give up gluten, dairy, corn and soy (the big four) if you check out Dogtor J's site He will explain more on that. I didn't have the same type of seizures you are having, I had partial complex seizures, but I haven't had a seizure since we started this diet, so for about 4 months. Not to mention, it's made me feel all around well and healthy. I am 24, and I started having seizures at 12... pretty spot on in age. It's crazy how his research makes since. You're body gets to a point where it can't handle those foods anymore (hyper sensitive) and it reacts in the form of seizures. I'd encourage you to check it out.... it was a bit of a sacrifice giving up some foods, but it was well worth it!! Hope you find your answers.View Thread

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